News tagged with emergency centers
Chinese slimming capsules
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Taking herbal food supplements is certainly not free of risk. Since 2005, the poison emergency centers in the German cities of Freiburg and Göttingen have registered a total of 17 patients with health problems after taking ...
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Space station crew stages emergency drill
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2007 |
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The International Space Station crew has successfully conducted a mandatory emergency drill, simulating a rapid depressurization of the station.
Iowa 911 call center becomes first to accept texts
Aug 05, 2009 |
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An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.
Chest pain center accreditation linked with better outcomes in heart attack patients
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Hospitals accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) have been shown to perform better in the heart attack core measures established by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as compared to non-accredited ...
Study suggests sick children should be tranferred to specialty hospitals sooner
May 01, 2008 |
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Critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units of regional medical centers from smaller hospitals are sicker than those admitted directly from those centers' own emergency rooms, a study by pediatric ...
Web tool helps advise when flu needs a doctor
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use.
47,000 elderly falls in US tied to canes, walkers
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials say more than 47,000 elderly Americans end up in emergency rooms each year from falls involving walkers and canes.
Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected ...
Study shows emergency physicians have good first instincts in diagnosing heart attacks
Jul 24, 2008 |
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A study out of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center demonstrates emergency room doctors are correctly identifying patients who are having a heart attack, even when laboratory tests haven't yet confirmed it.
Don't Rush To The Emergency Room If You Think You Have 'Swine Flu'
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You wake up a bit dizzy with a headache. By the time you dress and arrive at work, your throat is sore and your nose is runny. You're running a slight temperature. Could it be H1N1 flu? Should you rush to ...
How to get reliable swine flu information online
May 06, 2009 |
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With blogs, Facebook, Twitter and lots of other sources, information about swine flu is traveling at light speed.
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